A Climate Plan in Texas Focuses on Minorities. Not Everyone Likes It.

July 24, 2020 / by Christopher Flavelle / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment For years, money for flood protection in the Houston area went mostly to richer neighborhoods. A new approach prioritizes minority communities, and it’s stirring up resentments. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/climate/houston-flooding-race.html

How Covid-19 Made it Easier to Talk About Climate Change

July 24, 2020 / by Emma Goldberg / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Climate policy director Rhiana Gunn-Wright, architect of the Green New Deal, explains the connections between the pandemic and the climate crisis. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/us/climate-change-green-new-deal-covid-coronavirus.html

Tropical Storm Gonzalo Expected to Become 2020’s First Atlantic Hurricane

July 24, 2020 / by Johnny Diaz and Marie Fazio / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Gonzalo is the earliest named “G” storm since the satellite era began in 1966, according to the National Hurricane Center. In the Pacific, Hurricane Douglas is advancing toward Hawaii. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/americas/tropical-storm-gonzalo-hurricane.html

Australian Student Files Climate Change Lawsuit Against Government

July 23, 2020 / by Isabella Kwai / Australia, Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A 23-year-old law student filed a class-action suit accusing Australia of failing to disclose financial risks from climate change. Experts say it is the first of its kind. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/world/australia/lawsuit-climate-change-bonds.html

Defying U.N. Ban, Chinese Ships Pay North Korea to Fish in Its Waters

July 23, 2020 / by Choe Sang-Hun / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Chinese vessels have caught $560 million worth of squid off the North’s shores since the United Nations banned the practice in 2017, says a group that tracks commercial fishing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/world/asia/north-korea-squid-sanctions-china.html

Study Links Gas Flares to Preterm Births, With Hispanic Women at High Risk

July 22, 2020 / by Julia Rosen / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Expectant mothers who lived near flaring sites had higher odds of giving birth prematurely than those who did not, researchers found. The adverse outcomes fell entirely on Hispanic women. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/climate/gas-flares-premature-babies.html

E.P.A. Proposes Airplane Emission Standards That Airlines Already Meet

July 22, 2020 / by CORAL DAVENPORT / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Staving off a lawsuit, the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new regulations to hold airlines to the carbon dioxide emissions standards they created. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/climate/airplanes-climate-change.html

Apple, Facing Pressure on Climate, Says It’ll Go Carbon-Neutral

July 21, 2020 / by Somini Sengupta and Veronica Penney / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Apple said on Tuesday its devices would be carbon-neutral by 2030, making it the latest tech giant to ramp up voluntary climate targets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/climate/apple-emissions-pledge.html

New Emails Show How Energy Industry Moved Fast to Undo Curbs

July 21, 2020 / by Lisa Friedman / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The messages, made public in a lawsuit, suggest the E.P.A. rescinded a requirement on methane at the behest of an executive just weeks after President Trump took office. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/climate/trump-methane-climate-change.html

Climate Change Poses ‘Systemic Threat’ to the Economy, Big Investors Warn

July 21, 2020 / by Christopher Flavelle / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Financial regulators should act to avoid economic disaster, according to a letter from pension funds and other investors representing almost $1 trillion in assets. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/21/climate/investors-climate-threat-regulators.html

Global Warming Is Driving Polar Bears Toward Extinction, Researchers Say

July 20, 2020 / by HENRY FOUNTAIN / Climate, Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment By century’s end, polar bears worldwide could become nearly extinct as a result of shrinking sea ice in the Arctic if climate change continues unabated, scientists said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/20/climate/polar-bear-extinction.html

How PG&E Is Racing to Improve Safety as Fire Season Approaches

July 18, 2020 / by Ivan Penn and Jim Wilson / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The utility, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, is upgrading power lines, trimming trees and making other changes to prevent another big fire. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/business/energy-environment/pge-wildfire-california-summer.html

Democrats Eye Trump’s Game Plan to Reverse Late Rule Changes

July 17, 2020 / by CORAL DAVENPORT / Environment, Journalism, New York Times

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump pioneered the use of an obscure 1996 law to quickly reverse the regulations of his predecessor. Now Democrats hope to take a page from his game plan. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/climate/trump-regulations-election.html

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